Health promotion in our schools

In this book focus is particularly on the role of children as partners in health promotion. In chapter one it explains what is meant by comprehensive health promotion and how schools can become health promoting. Chapter two helps to decide what the real health priorities in schools are and how these priorities fit with national health policies and local values. It also explains the meaning of "life skills". In Chapter three the components of a national health education programme are discussed as well as methods to introduce health ideas and actions to children. Chapter four deals with the implementation of health facts and ideas in the school curricula without weakening the programmes in regular subjects. Chapter five gives means to encourage schools to become an example of good health to the community and to develop children as partners in promoting health. How to enable the school to work with local heath services and why this is necessary is explained in Chapter six. Chapter seven deals with the start and organization of a small and manageable project to make schools into "health actions schools". Chapter eight discusses the training of project workers, heads and teachers. Chapter nine deals with evaluation and includes a simple checklist. Chapter ten discusses available resources and how to use them. An appendix containing some of the most important health information that all schools need to pass in is part of the book. The book is aimed as policy makers and international agencies; programme designers; local planners; managers and trainers and heads, teachers and local health workers and the communities they serve.